Central Florida Woman Tortured To Death In September, Newly Released Court Documents Show

WINTER PARK, FLORIDA (FOX NEWS) – A nanny in Florida whose body was found in a wooded area in September was tortured before she was ultimately killed, according to reports.

Jennifer Fulford, 56, went missing on Sept. 27 and was found dead days later when her body was spotted by a police helicopter.

Fulford “was stabbed and suffocated before being dumped in the woods,” the Orlando Sentinel reported, citing court documents. Her wrists and ankles were also reportedly bound.

She was last seen the morning of Sept. 27 leaving a dental office in Winter Park. Her husband, Robert, had posted on Facebook that his wife’s purse was found on the floor of a home where she worked as a nanny, and she didn’t pick up her boss’s son from school, prompting concern.

Robert Fulford had detected a $300 withdrawal from their joint bank account that night, which led to the arrest of 53-year-old Scott Edward Nelson, who was later caught on surveillance footage using Fulford’s ATM card.